4th Quarter - Report

ORGANIC TRADE ASSOCIATION for ORGANIC TRADE ASSOCIATION

Firm
Client
Income
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Expenses
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No amount is shown when the filer reports less than $5,000 for the period, which the form does not ask them to state.

What was lobbied

4 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.

Agriculture AGR

Climate Change - sharing information about organic's positive effects to mitigate climate change General Education on Organic Origin of Organic Livestock - advocating for issuance of a final rule Trade - Education on organic's growing international markets

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MEGAN DEBATES —

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Advocating for the creation of Harmonized System Codes for various organic products

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MEGAN DEBATES —

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Environment/Superfund ENV

General education on oraganic's benefit to climate change mitigation and biodiversity

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MEGAN DEBATES —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Appropriations: -National Organic Program Funding -Organic Transition Research Program Funding -Origin of Organic Livestock - Bill Language -Organic Data Initiative Funding

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MEGAN DEBATES —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Shown as published by the Senate Office of Public Records and the House Clerk under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The official filing is the record; open it for the full form.